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S. kermcsi'num (carmine). June. Brazil. 1833. 



minia'tuni. (vermilion). 1. Vermilion. June. 



Peru. 1H25. 



Organe'nse (Organ Mountain). Crimson, 



white. Brazil. 1841. 



compre'ssum (flattened). Red, white. 



Brazil. 



psittaci'num (parrot). 2. Green, scarlet. 



July. Brazil. 1816. 



~ re'gium (queen's. Mexican Lily). 2. Scar- 

 let. May. Mexico. 1725. 



reticula'tum (netted- veined). 1. Scarlet. 



April. Brazil. 1777- 



striatifo'lium (w/itYe-striped-leaved). 1. 



Purple. August. Brazil. 1815. 



retine'rma (netted-nerved). 2. Scarlet. May. 



W. Ind. 1822. 

 Solandriflo'rum (Solander - flowered). l. 



White, green. May. Guiana. 183Q. 

 stria' turn (streaked 'flowered). Green, 



white. 



stylo'sum (long-styled). 1. Red. April. 



Maranham. 1821. 



varia'bilis (variable). 1. Red, white. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1821. 



vitta'tum (striped-flowered). White, red. 



latifo'lium (broad-leaved). White, red, 



green. 



HI'PPION. (From hippice, the name 

 of a herb from Pliny, which, he said, if 

 put into a horse's mouth, makes him in- 

 sensible to hunger or thirst. Nat. ord., 

 Gentianworts [Gentianacess], Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria \-Monogynia.) 



Stove biennials. Sown in a hotbed, in spring, 

 or the end of summer, and carefully kept in stoves 

 and greenhouses during the winter, they will 

 bloom early the following season. 

 H. hyssopifo'Uum (hyssop -leaved). 1. Tawny. 

 July. E. Irid. 1825. 



verticilla 1 turn (whorled). 1 J. White. July. 



Trinidad. 1817. 



visco'sum (clammy). 2. Yellow. June. 



Canaries. 1781. 



HIPPOBKO'MA. (From hi^ipos, a horse, 

 and bromos, poison. Nat. ord., 8oapworts 

 [Sapindacese] . Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogynia.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials, with white flowers. 

 Cuttings, suckers, and division of the roots ; sandy 

 loam, peat, and decayed, but dry, cow-dung. 

 Summer temp., 60 to 80; winter, 48 to 55. 

 If forced on in spring, they will bloom in the 

 greenhouse. The plants are poisonous even to 

 the touch, and should, therefore, be carefully 

 handled. 

 H. bremflo'rum, (short-flowered). July. S. Amer. 



longiflo'rum (long-flowered). May. W. Ind. 



1752. 



HrppocRE'pig. Horse - shoe Vetch. 

 (From hippos, a horse, and crepis, a shoe ; 

 referring to the form of the seed-pod. 

 Nat. ord., leguminous Plants [Fabaceffl]. 

 Linn., II-IHadolphia 4-Deconrfria.) 



Hardy pea-blossomed, yellow-flowered plants. 

 The annuals merely require sowing in the open 

 border, in March or April ; the herbaceous trailers 

 require dividing at a similar period. Balea'rica is 

 the only bhrub it resftmbles, and requires similar 



treatment to the Coronilla, needing a cold pit or 

 a greenhouse in winter. 



H. Bulea'rica (Balearic). 2. May. Minorca. 

 1776. Shrub. 



como'su (tufted). . April. England. Per- 



ennial trailer. 



glau'ca (milky-green). . May. Italy. 1819. 



Perennial trailer. 



Helvetica (Swiss-tufted). $. May. Switzer. 



land. 1819. Perennial trailer. 



multiailiquo'sa (many -podded). 1. July. 



South Europe. 1570. Annual. 

 HIPPO'PHAE. Sea Buckthorn. (From 

 hippos, a horse, and phao, to kill. Nat. 

 ord., Oleasters [Elseagnacese]. Linn. ,22- 

 Dicecia 4>-Tetrandria. Allied to Sliep- 

 herdia.) 



Hardy deciduous shrubs. Layers, suckers, cut- 

 tings of the roots, and seeds ; common soil. 

 These are first-rate shrubs for the sea-coast, for 

 fixing sands along with ca'rex and other grasses. 

 H. rftamnoi'des (rhamnus - like). 12. May. 



England. 

 -- angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. May. 



South England. 

 -- Sibi'riea (Siberian). April. Siberia. 



salicifo'lia (willow-leaved). 8. Nepaul. 1822. 

 HHLE'A. (Named after De La Hire, 



a French botanist. Nat. ord., Malpighiads 

 [Malpighiaceee], Linn., W-Dccandria 



Stove climbers. Cuttings of firm young shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass, in bottom-heat; 

 sandy, fibry loam, and fibry peat, with a little 

 freestone or charcoal. Summer temp., 60 to 90 ; 

 winter, 50 to 60. 

 H. glauce'scens (milky-green). Yellow. 



1'ndica (Indian). 10. White. July. E. Ind. 1820. 



nu'tans (nodding). 10. White. July. E. 



Ind. 1820. 



odora'ta (sweet-scented). 8. Yellow. Guinea. 



1823. 



reclina'ta (leaning). 10. Yellow. July. W. Ind. 

 HOE. This is the implement which 



should be most frequently in the gar- 

 dener's hand, for the surface of the soil 

 scarcely can he too frequently stirred. 

 The handles should never be made of 

 heavy wood, for this wearies the hand, 

 and is altogether a useless weight thrown 

 upon the workman. It is merely the 

 lever, and every ounce needlessly given 

 to this diminishes, without any necessity, 

 the available moving power. The best 

 woods for handles are birch or deal. 



For earthing-up plants, broad blades 

 to hoes are very admissible, and they 

 may, without objection, have a breadth 

 of nine inches ; but for loosening tha 

 soil and destroying weeds, they should 

 never extend to beyond a breadth of six 

 inches, and the work will be done best 

 by one two inches narrower. The iron 

 plate of which they are formed should be 

 well steeled, and not more than one-six- 



